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Published in final edited form as: Acad Emerg Med. 2014 Mar;21(3):283–291. doi: 10.1111/acem.12324

Table 5.

Comparison of Secondary Outcomes Between the Intervention and the Control Groups

Outcome	Control Group (n = 76), n (%) 95% CI	Intervention Group (n = 73), n (%) 95% CI	p-value^‡
In-hospital mortality	4 (5.5) 2–13	4 (5.3) 2–14	1.000
ED LOS in hours, median (IQR)^*	5.5 (3–8)	5 (4–9)	0.352
Hospital LOS in days, median (IQR)^†	3 (1–8)	4 (1–8)	0.495
Disposition
Admit (regular ward)	52 (68) 59–76	43 (59) 47–69
Admit (ICU)	13 (17) 10–27	19 (26) 17–37
Discharge home	10 (13) 7–23	10 (14) 7–24	0.599
Transfer to another facility	1 (1) 0–8	1 (1) 0–8

ICU = intensive care unit; IQR = interquartile range; LOS = length of stay.

From triage to disposition order.

^†

From triage to written discharge order (or death).

^‡

Fisher’s exact test for categorical and Mann-Whitney U test for continuous variables.